Headlines- After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
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Truce Takes Effect in Cambodia,Thailand Border...
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US Resettlement Freeze Leaves Vietnamese Refugee...
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Amid Tariff Tensions Mexico’s Business Sector...
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Hamas Releases Three Hostages’ Bodies and...
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A Chicago Nonprofit Helps Undocumented Migrants...
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Rights Group Decry US President Trump’s...
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Amid Federal Enforcement Actions Immigrant Neighborhoods...
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US President Trump Wants Greenland,But Greenlanders...
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After Trump’s Executive Order Suspending Refugee...
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In Syria,Search for Missing American Journalist...
Family members and hostage aid groups are are taking the search to look for missing journalist Austin Tice to Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad’s long rule in Syria has ended. They are searching for the American in abandoned prisons.